The Bigger Picture

On the final episode of the year of The Bigger Picture, DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson and Jeremy Hecht discuss the biggest moments of 2024 in Hip Hop and their inescapable roles in the battle that sparked the shows inception. They go over some of their favorite verses, songs and albums, Jeremy asks about the Tiramisu, DJ Hed and Elliott made it onto Drake’s Opp List that 50 Cent held up in his latest interview, they discuss Doechii, the Jay Z accusations, spotlight new songs as always and for accountability hour they discuss their Andrew Schulz takes from last episode. Overall the crew seems excited for what 2025 has in store.

00:10 - Will We Get The Tiramisu?

03:55 - Hurt People Hurt People?

08:00 - Drake’s Opp List

13:17 - Did DJ Hed Force Drake To Drop?

18:29 - Year In Hindsight

30:52 - Verse of the year?

37:50 - Hed’s “Slaps of the Year”

40:36 - Unreleased Doechii??

47:34 - Song & album of the year?

57:11 - Dr. Dre & Snoop Studio Session

01:02:17 - Jay Z accusations

01:20:39 - 2025 Predictions

01:25:27 - Elliott Gifts Jeremy His Drake Scorpion Jacket

01:30:25 - Andrew Schulz - Accountability Hour

01:36:32 - Love from Sway

01:38:11 - Holiday Snippet

On this week’s The Bigger Picture episode with DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson and Jeremy Hecht, there was a lot to catch up on after Thanksgiving. They discussed the reaction to Hed’s Kendrick prank on Jeremy last episode. Elliott clarified his viral Hov.Dot tweet, they give their wrap ups on Spotify, Tidal & Apple Music respectively, then of course they dive into the Drake pre-action petition and Jeremy’s alleged involvement in the paperwork under footnote 15. They discuss Kendrick and SZA’s national tour including the relevance of their Toronto stop. They discuss GNX’s replay value after a couple of weeks, Billboard’s Top 10 female rappers list, Dave Blunts health concerns and Jack Harlow getting his release stepped on by Kendrick.

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Timecodes:

0:00 - DJ Hed’s Flu Game

7:30 - Reaction To Hed’s Kendrick Prank on Jeremy

10:00 - DSP Wrap Ups

17:20 - Elliott explains Hov.Dot. Tweet

25:00 - The Drake Petition

46:20 - Jeremy Included In UMG Paperwork?

54:00 - Will Drake Actually Sue & Win?

1:00:00 - Kendrick & SZA’s tour

111:00 - GNX Replay Value

1:13:45 - Andrew Schulz Kendrick Reply

1:28:30 - Top 10 Female Rappers?

1:34:20 - Dave Blunts Needs Our Help

1:40:00 - Kendrick Stepped on Jack Harlow?

In this episode, DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson, and Jeremy Hecht share their reviews of Kendrick Lamar's GNX album. Jeremy reacts to finally receiving his Broccoli, and the crew gives a live reaction to the "Squabble Up" video. DJ Hed reveals a conversation he had with Kendrick post-GNX, while the group dives into the Kendrick and Lil Wayne discussion after the lyrics on "Wacced Out Murals." They also highlight their favorite tracks and debate where this project ranks in Kendrick's discography. Plus, they discuss reincarnation, their personal beliefs, and Elliott spills the scoop on Metro Boomin and Future from last week.

Timecodes:

0:00 - Jeremy got his Broccoli

6:00 - DJ Hed spoke to Kendrick after GNX

17:00 - Should we have more regional music?

21:53 - Squabble Up live reaction

35:24 - GNX Initial Reactions

43:46 - Wacced out murals breakdown

47:48 - Kendrick & Lil Wayne

1:00:21 - Kendrick Claiming The Top Spot

1:21:35 - GNX West Coast Impact

1:31:12 - Heart Part 6

1:40:56 - Gloria

1:44:09 - Reincarnated & 2Pac Influence

1:52:19 - What Are The Slaps?

1:57:00 - Elliott’s Future x Metro Scoop

In this episode DJ Hed and Jeremy recap their crazy week reporting in the sports world while Elliott went viral on Twitter reacting to J. Cole’s new podcast venture where he recaps his journey to the top. They debate about TDE’s Top 20 albums, Apple Music’s pick for 2024 Rapper of The Year, discuss Tyler The Creator’s Flog Gnaw festival, review Cordae’s new album and spotlight some new music as always.

In today's episode, hosts DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson and Jeremy Hecht speak about Kendrick Lamar's GRAMMY nominations and they debate who should win each of the rap categories. They review new albums from Ab-Soul and A$AP Ferg and they debate how many classics Drake has along with the influence of Jay Z's 4:44 and Kendrick's Mr. Morale albums.

Timecodes:

0:00 - The Marathon

8:00 - No Nuance

9:00 - Andre 3000 Album of the Year????

15:00 - Taylor Swift vs Kanye Story

24:45 - Kendrick’s GRAMMYs

36:00 - GRAMMY Snubs

39:50 - Best Rap Album of 2024?

45:30 - Best Rap Songs of 2024?

51:00 - Shaboozey vs. Kendrick

58:00 - Kendrick’s Acceptance Speech

1:02:00 - Elliott Apologizes to SZA

1:07:00 - Is Her Loss a Classic?

1:11:00 - How Many Classics Does Drake Have?

1:20 - Ab-Soul Album Review

1:30:00 - Ferg Album Review

1:35:00 - Mr. Morale’s Influence

1:41:00 - 4:44 Impact

1:50:30 - Spotlight

In Episode 25 which begins season 2 of The Bigger Picture, the hosts dive into the latest music news and album releases. They kick things off with the breaking news of Young Thug’s release, discussing its potential impact. They give their reviews of recent album drops fromFreddie Gibbs, Lil Uzi Vert, and Westside Gunn. Plus, they wrap up with a recap of Lil Wayne’s festival and its highlights.

Timecodes:

0:00 - The Bigger Picture

9:00 - Drake & Future Clear Up

26:00 - DeMar DeRozan & Drake Controversy

40:00 - Young Thug Is Free!!!

51:00 - Freddie Gibbs Album

“We did get some music this week”

1:03:00 - West Side Gunn Album

“Westside Gunn dropped a new album”

1:18:00 - Lil Uzi Vert Album

1:22:00 - Spotlight

1:27:00 - Lil Weezyana Fest

On today’s episode TBP hosts review Tyler The Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA album, they discuss Tyler’s status as a superstar and his sales. They give a review of EARTHGANG’s new album before discussing Lil Durk’s complicated case and the implications it has towards other street artists and the music industry as a whole. They pay tribute to DJ Clark Kent and Elliott drops a huge scoop about Drake & Future reuniting. Along the way the guys also toss some jokes about American History and Halloween.

The Bigger Picture hosts couldn’t stay out of the stories this week. From Cardi B inviting Elliott to the studio, to DJ Hed’s Ab-Soul interview where he cleared the air about J. Cole, to Jeremy clearing things up with TDE’s Punch. The guys were out in the mix this week also, attending Rapsody’s concert in LA where Jeremy’s spot was replaced and a Spotify Event where Jeremy pranked DJ Hed.

The guys talked about Kendrick Lamar’s “interview” with SZA for Harper’s BAZAAR magazine, Tyler the Creator’s album roll out, the state of Hip Hop Media, Akademiks crashing out at DJ Hed over his “Stay On Stream” comments and Elliott admits he was wrong about GKMC.

Today’s episode starts with the guys talking about Kendrick’s Broccoli snippet blowing up again after their last episode and F1 even using the song, Jeremy explains sparking a debate after TDE Punch replied to his tweet about Ab-Sould and J. Cole, Tyler The Creator announced a new album, they debate who has the greatest run in discography history, if we're ever getting another Frank Ocean album, Elliott minorly crashes out on Tommy Richman after The GRAMMY categories are announced, they review GloRilla's new album and Pharrell's new movie, talk about Kendrick sweeping the BET Hip Hop Awards and they of course give some spotlight to their favorite songs from the week.

In this episode DJ Hed, Jeremy Hecht and Elliott Wilson discuss J. Cole’s new song “Port Antonio” where he replied to critique about dropping out of the battle and addressed Drake (7:00), they breakdown the relationship between the former Big 3 (23:00), Elliott’s Big Sean cover story (50:00), DJ Hed’s back and forth with Tommy Richman about Hip Hop (56:00), Not Like Us reaching new chart milestones (1:18:00), Jeremy sends a DM to Kendrick (1:21:00), Travis Scott’s superstar status at Metlife Stadium (1:29:00) & more. The guys also reply to comments (1:56:00) and discuss their Halloween episode. The Bigger Pictuuuure!

On This Episode of The Bigger Picture debate show, DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson discuss the state of rap media and why people are looking into Drake’s following, LeBron being able to see the Future, Tee Grizzley & J. Cole’s new song and whether Cole has had the best feature run of all time while comparing to Jay’s and Lil Wayne’s features, JID dropped a new freestyle and they debate about if he can be a superstar, they try to name who the superstars are right now if you can’t name Kendrick, Cole, Future, Drake or Nicki Minaj, they debate who the current rap superstars are, Future might be in love and Jeremy wants a love album from him, they debate the best songs and albums of the 2020s so far after Pitchfork made a random list, The Weeknd’s new song with Playboi Carti, we went through DJ Hed’s IMDB, Reviews of Tommy Richman and Leon Thomas’ albums, the most influential one hit wonders, and question whether J. Cole, Big Sean and Kendrick Lamar should be more active participants in the culture. They close off with a spotlight and a celebration of 20 episodes.

DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson and Jeremy Hecht dive into the biggest topics in Hip Hop this week and debate things from different perspectives as always. DJ Hed starts off by talking about meeting CM Punk (2:00), Elliott mourns his relationships with Drake and Kendrick as Nothing Was The Same turns 11 (7:00), a new theory about Kendrick’s 6:16 in LA involving Mike Zombie emerges online (13:30), What’s The Dirt & Justin Hunte’s Hip Hop media exchange explained (17:10), Tommy Richman leaves his two biggest singles off of his debut album (24:00), the guys argue about if J. Cole can be the greatest rapper right now after bowing out of his battle with Kendrick (29:00), Daylyt calls in to talk about his new song with Cole, DJ Hed has a great story about Tyga’s “Taste” which just went Diamond (44:00), DJ Hed addresses why people may not like the West Coast (47:00), songs that may surprise you as being Diamond (53:00), Daylyt calls back to talk about his relationship with TDE and his working relationship with Drake (56:00). They review Future’s mixtape (1:20:00), and talk about balance and responsibility in the game (1:34:00), Jeremy gives a dramatic reading of Meek Mill’s best tweets (1:38:00), the guys give a spotlight to some new music (1:43:00), and Elliott has an issue with Metro Boomin’s latest interview (1:50:00).

In this episode, the guys couldn’t avoid the Diddy in the room. DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson and Jeremy Hecht discuss the ramifications of Diddy’s indictment, how it affects Hip Hop and how much further beyond Hip Hop it could go. Elliott even shares a wild story where Diddy told him to ask about Tupac (7:00). They talk about the one person who is loving all of the news, 50 Cent and DJ Hed actually used the word love for the first time (55:00). They talk about how much lyricism matters in today’s music, sparked by the editorial desk of Russ (1:00:000), Playboi Carti sounding like Future on “All Red” (1:04:00), reactions to Complex’s best rappers in their 20s list and DJ Hed even makes his own list (1:09:00). Elliott has a theory about Nicki Minaj’s album drop involving Cardi B (1:23:00), DJ Hed heard conflicting reports about Drake turning down the Super Bowl (1:15:000), Jeremy heard a theory about First Person Shooter that could add meaning to Kendrick’s Not Like Us lyrics about J. Cole (1:38:00) and of course, the guys give a spotlight to some artists they like right now (1:44:00). 

Kendrick Lamar dropped a new song Watch The Party D*e where he addresses the entire culture and the guys have a lot to say about it (4:00), they also discuss Kendrick’s Super Bowl pick and the reaction to Lil Wayne not getting the call, (25:00) They talk about Jay Z’s potential involvement and his weird relationship with Drake and Wayne over time (37:00), Kendrick’s potential set list (57:00), J. Cole & Drake’s current relationship after Cole hopped on A$AP Rocky’s new song (1:19:00), accountability hour (1:35:00) and of course they spotlight some of their favorite new artists (1:40:00). 

Elliott Wilson, DJ Hed and Jeremy Hecht discuss media rap beef, best media rappers, Big Sean’s album and the overall perception of Sean, Doechii’s album and the impact it’s going to have, they debate if artists should hold responsibility for what they say on songs if they don’t live it in real life, predictions for The Clipse new album and who they think will be the unknown feature, they remember Fatman Scoop including Jeremy’s insane introduction to him, and after finding out mid episode about the loss of Rich Homie Quan, the guys dedicate the last segment to remembering his life.

On Episode 15 of The Bigger Picture podcast, the guys talks about Elliott’s viral tweet about people’s favorite crash outs, DJ Hed replies to Akademik’s shots at him online, how to empowering people in media, Kendrick album rumors, the guys can’t go an episode without talking about Drake after he keeps dropping new music & gigs, what Jay Z did after the Nas battle, they discuss if beef changes the way they listen to music, how Meek moved after the Drake battle, the anniversary of Forever and the best posse cuts of all time, Kendrick and Drake’s lost collab, Chance The Rapper’s new songs, Big Sean’s new album, Juicy J’s jazz album, Cash Cobain’s wild lyrics and of course they give their spotlights.

On This Episode of The Bigger Picture, the guys show love to New York after Jeremy and Hed’s trips to the East Coast (0:00), Snoop Dogg reacted to TBP’s debate about him and Jay Z that had the timeline in shambles (6:30), 9th Wonder made DJ Hed change his mind (12:00), if we create a classic hip hop category (17:00), Drake charting on Billboard with his “leaks” (23:00), Jeremy apologizes to Dora Cat (27:00), the guys react to Tyler the Creator and Russ’s comments about new music and why some of the newer artists haven’t had as strong of a connection with their fans (29:00), DJ Hed has a take about Drake’s Pusha T battle (40:00), ScHoolboy Q shows in LA (50:00), Big rappers writing hits for others artists (53:00), best wrestling walk up songs (55:00), Complex’s Top 50 Atlanta rappers list (1:03:00), YG and The Game uniting LA (1:20:00) and of course they give their Spotlights (1:32:00). 

On this episode of The Bigger Picture, the guys talk gave Elliott a rocking chair based on his Nicki Minaj spat from last week. Elliott wasn’t done talking about Drake’s 3 pack drop and the shots at A$AP Rocky, Mustard and The Weeknd (5:30). The guys review Latto’s album and discuss her place within the female rap world (16:00), the also discuss the landscape of female rappers and why there is so much competition within it (22:16). Pras dissed Lauryn Hill (48:00), if there should be a new category of adult contemporary hip hop (54:00), Jeremy had a controversial take about Kendrick’s Control verse (1:00:00), Hed & Elliott debate if Snoop Dogg is bigger than Jay Z culturally (1:22:00), Break dancing’s quick stint at the olympics (1:31:00), Jeremy breaks down the weird case against Kanye’s dentist (1:34:00), if being the best lyrical rapper matters today (1:38:00), and the Jeremy and Elliott debate Quavo’s new song with Lenny Kravitz (1:44:00), debating if Quavo and Offset can be solo stars (1:50:00), and of course they give their spotlights also (1:58:00).

On this episode of The Bigger Picture, Elliott starts off hot by going IN on Drake’s latest moves (2:00), the guys review the 100gig content drop from Drizzy and Certified Cover Boy found some things (10:00), Young Guru replied to Elliott with some info about Jay Z’s “Talk Up” verse (26:20), Elliott replied to Nicki Minaj’s latest shots (39:00), the guys give props to Parks from Joe Budden Podcast after snubbing him last episode, they give a review of Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s Vultures 2 (1:00:00), they look back at Watch The Throne after 13 years of its release (1:18:00), Jeremy reacts to his Charlamagne Tha God shoutout (1:24:00), the guys talk about getting respect from their idols in the game (1:26:30), DJ Hed breaks down album sales and DJ Mustard vs Gordo (1:34:00), and the guys spotlight some of their favorite albums and songs (1:50:00)

Listen to all of the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3U7KVeE7pdGhp2QME2DMIP?si=5c64ed6ea6944d76

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On this episode of The Bigger Picture podcast with Elliott Wilson, DJ Hed and Jeremy Hecht, the guys talk about Joe Budden calling Jeremy that white boy (1:00), Drake and Toronto cancelling Sir and Schoolboy Q’s concerts (10:00), Elliott and DJ Hed’s frustrations with Lil Yachty (26:00), what if Kendrick disappears again (32:00), the guys review DJ Mustard’s album (42:00), Ice Spice’s album and her place (48:00), Mike Will Made It’s run as a producer (1:01:00), Lil Wayne’s best features (1:04:00), DJ Hed and Elliott have Jeremy list his favorite songs with the N word in the title (1:20:00), the guys try to make a top 10 rappers list (1:29:00).